Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015: Information sheet
Updated 1 March 2018
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Below is a list of finance providers and trading names used by those finance providers within the banking groups referred to in HM Treasury’s Notice of Designation: Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 dated 1 November 2016 (‘the Notice’). This list excludes entities which the Notice confirms are not designated under the Regulations. This list is for information purposes only. It does not constitute an official list of designated entities and, to the best of HM Treasury’s knowledge, is understood to be correct as of 1 November 2016.
0.1 Allied Irish Bank
AIB Group (UK) plc (trading as First Trust Bank)
0.2 Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc, NIIB Group Limited (trading as Northridge Finance)
0.3 Barclays
Barclays Bank Plc (including when trading as Barclaycard, Barclays Asset Finance, Woolwich)
0.4 Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks
Clydesdale Bank Plc (trading as Yorkshire Bank, Clydesdale Bank), Clydesdale Bank Asset Finance Limited, CGF No.9 Limited
0.5 Danske Bank
Northern Bank Ltd (trading as Danske Bank)
0.6 HSBC
HSBC Bank Plc, HSBC Asset Finance (UK) Limited
0.7 Lloyds
Lloyds Bank Plc, Bank of Scotland Plc, Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited, The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation plc, International Motor Finance Limited, Suzuki Financial Services Limited, Shogun Finance Limited, Lex Autolease Limited, United Dominions Trust Limited, Black Horse Limited, HVF Limited
0.8 Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, National Westminster Bank Plc, Lombard North Central Plc, Lombard Technology Services Ltd, JCB Finance Ltd, Ulster Bank Limited, RBS Invoice Finance Limited
0.9 Santander
Santander UK Plc